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Table 9 Carbon dioxide emission from land converted to settlement in 2005–2019 (Tier 1, Approach 3)

From: Construction of land-use change matrix and estimation of greenhouse gas inventory focusing on settlements in South Korea

Division

Forest converted to settlements

Cropland converted to settlements

Grassland converted to settlements

Total carbon dioxide emissions (MtCO2)

Annual carbon dioxide emissions (MtCO2yr−1)

Carbon emissions (MtC)

Carbon dioxide emissions (MtCO2)

Carbon emissions (MtC)

Carbon dioxide emissions (MtCO2)

Carbon emissions (MtC)

Carbon dioxide emissions (MtCO2)

Gangwon-do

0.47

1.71

0.02

0.09

0.03

0.09

1.89

0.13

Gyeonggi-do

0.96

3.52

0.07

0.26

0.06

0.21

3.99

0.27

Gyeongsangnam-do

0.35

1.28

0.03

0.10

0.02

0.08

1.47

0.10

Gyeongsangbuk-do

0.65

2.39

0.06

0.21

0.04

0.16

2.77

0.18

Gwangju-si

0.04

0.15

0.01

0.05

0.00

0.01

0.21

0.01

Daegu-si

0.05

0.18

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.02

0.25

0.02

Daejeon-si

0.05

0.18

0.01

0.02

0.00

0.01

0.21

0.01

Busan-si

0.07

0.25

0.01

0.05

0.01

0.04

0.33

0.02

Seoul-si

0.02

0.09

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.10

0.01

Sejong-si

0.10

0.35

0.01

0.02

0.00

0.01

0.38

0.03

Ulsan-si

0.14

0.50

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.02

0.55

0.04

Incheon-si

0.05

0.20

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.24

0.02

Jeollanam-do

0.28

1.03

0.06

0.22

0.04

0.14

1.39

0.09

Jeollabuk-do

0.17

0.62

0.03

0.11

0.01

0.03

0.76

0.05

Chungcheongnam-do

0.45

1.65

0.04

0.16

0.03

0.13

1.95

0.13

Chungcheongbuk-do

0.40

1.48

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.05

1.54

0.10

Jeju-si

0.22

0.80

0.01

0.05

0.01

0.05

0.90

0.06

Total

4.47

16.39

0.40

1.45

0.30

1.10

18.94

1.26